Bracket nail



Sept. 25, 15523.

D. FRIEDMAN BRACKET NAIL Filed sept. 8, 1952 Patented? Sept. 25S, 19723.

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DAVID FRIEDIVAN, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACKET NAIL.

Application led September 8, 1322. Serial No. 586,872.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Di-ivm FnrnDMAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Roxbury, in the 'county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented new f A and useful ImprovementsinvBracket Nails',

of which the following is a specification.

The objectV of my said invention is the provision of a simple, easilymanufactured and inexpensive bracket nail-i. e., a device susceptible ofbeing quickly fixed in position by hammer blows vand without turning ofthe device, and one adapted to serve as a 'bracket for securelysupporting articles of different kinds without rendering the articles'unsightly and also adapted to serve for the suspension of an articleother than the one supported by the bracket nail. Y To the attainment ofthe foregoing, the

invention consists in the 'improvement as hereinafter described anddefinitely claimed.

In the'accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention. Y

Figure 2 is anenlargedperspective of the same. Y i Y.

Figure 3 is a sideV elevation of aslight modification.

`Figure i is an enlarged perspective showi-ng the manner in which saidmodification can be used as a curtain-rod hook.

Similar numerals designate correspond ing parts in Figures l and 2 towhich reference will first be made.

VMy novel bracket nail isappropriately formed of one piece of metalcompatible with its purpose, and among other features has a taperedshank lwith a sharp point 2. It also has an arm S extending at rightangles from the heel portion of'the shank togetherl with a driving headl aligned with the shank and a notch 5 between the upper portion of thedriving head 4 and the base of the arm 3. Between the inner side ofthe'arm 3 land the upper side of the shank l the nail is preferably, thoughnot necessarily, provided with a sharp corner 6 adapted to snuglyreceive and tit the sharp corner of an article of rectangularcrosssection.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a few taps of a hammer isall that is necessary to fir; my sharp pointed bracket nail in support,no turning being necessary and the time consumed by such operation beingsaved which is particularly important when the bracket nails are used byhighsalaried window dressers. It will also be apparent that the hammerblows are applied to the head l so that the nail can be truly drivenwithout liability of distortion Vof any part thereof. After the nail isdriven and an Varticle placed thereon to be supported by the nail, apicture cord can be safely .hung from the head 4; the notch 5 forming asecure seat for the bight of said cord.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 1 and 2 the cuter side of the upperend of the arm 8 is preferably7 though not necessarily, beveled asdesignated by 7 so as to merge into the surface of the article supportedand increase the finished appearance of the device when in use.

The embodimentshown in Figures 3 and 4 is designed more particularly tosupport `a curtain rod 8 after the manner clearly shown in Figure 4. Inall essential respects it is similar .in characteristics'to the formshown in Figures l and 2 though it differs from said form in that itsarm 3L is of circular cross-section and terminates in a rounded end 7a,and in that its junction portion 6a is arcuate in order to snuglyconform to the circular cross-section of a curtain rod or the like.

l have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrange ment the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiments of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and enactunderstanding of the said embodiments. l do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the specific construction and relativearrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the.invention variousV changes and modifications may be made such as fallwithin the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claim.

HHaving described my invention, what I 5 to. provide a circuler drivinghead, said shank tztperirfgfto poinbfro'm 'the head torv the otherl endVthereoiend a straight arm` integral with the shank andproje'otinglaterally from the latter adjacent lthe vvheed, said arm beingedapted toproject upwardly from thevrshank in use,"the inner end ,of the Varmibeingspae'ed from the fhead, lsrubstiair tialiy as and for the purposeldescribed.

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